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General English Qualifying Test for Non- English Major Graduate Students, December 30,

2012

PART I

LISTENING COMPREHENSION (25 minutes, 20 points)

Section A (1 point each)

Directions:

In this section, you will hear nine short conversations between two speakers. At the

end

of

each

conversation

a

question

will

be

asked

about

what

was

said.

The

conversations and the questions will be read only once. Choose the best answer from

the four choices given by marking the corresponding letter with a single bar across

the square brackets on your machine- scoring Answer Sheet.

1.

Woman:

It

’

s been a month since your accident. So tell me, how is the pain in your arms?

Man:

My arms were hurting me until last week, but that

’

s worn off now. So has the pain in

my legs. My shoulder is still fairy sore, though not as bad as it was.

Question:

Which part of the man

’

s body still hurts him at the moment?

2.

Woman:

I heard Bennie will head our new San Francisco office.

Man:

Yeah, He is still walking on air about getting that promotion. He loves San Francisco

and he’

ll make twice the money he gets paid here.

Question:

What does the man mean?

3.

Man:

I am running the race on Saturday, but I don

’

t know when it starts.

Woman:

Well,

all

the

runners

have

to

register

in

the

city

center

square

by

a

quarter

to

two,

though the race won’t

actually start until half past.

Question:

What time does the race begin?

4.

Woman:

What do you think of Jeffrey, the young guy fresh from school?

Man:

He is a good fit for the company, even though he has been with us for only a couple

of months. Besides, we often see eye to eye with each other on many things.

Question:

What does the man mean?

5 .

Man:

I saw Frank

’

s wife driving his sports car the other day.

Woman:

Did

you?

He

told

me

he

was

going

to

sell

it

because

with

three

kids

he

needs

to

get

something more practical-you know, a SUV with lots of space for luggage.

Man:

He

’

s got a minivan which he uses for carrying cargo.

Woman:

But I suppose he can

’

t really put the children in the back of that.

Question:

What vehicle does Frank intend to buy?

6.

Woman:

Today

’

s experiment was a complete mess. We had a backseat driver in our group. She tried

to run things all the time.

Man:

You should let her know that you don

’

t like it when she orders you around.

Question:

Why didn

’

t the experiment go smoothly?

7.

Man:

Did you know that Jessica failed in the job interview?

Woman:

Yes, and she blamed it on bad luck. But I really think she is barking up the wrong tree.

Question:

What does the woman imply?

8.

Woman:

I am starving. Can we stop for something to eat before we get to the airport?

Man:

There isn

’

t enough time to stop at a restaurant. Your sister

’

s flight arrives at 12 o

’

clock.

We

’

ll need petrol on the way home, so we can stop for a snack at a service station.

Question:

Where will they have something to eat?

9.

Man:

Have you found a partner to work on Biochemistry? Our Lab class is tomorrow.

Woman:

To tell you the truth,

I’ve been tied up with my

Microbiology course this week.

Question:

What can be inferred about the woman?

Section B (1 point each)

Directions:

In this section you will hear two mini-talks. At the end of each talk, there will be some

questions. Both the talks and the questions will be read to you only once. After each

question, there will be a pause. During the pause, you must choose the best answer

from

the

four

choices

given

by

marking

the

corresponding

letter

with

a

single

bar

across the square brackets on your machine-scoring Answer Sheet.

Mini-talk One

Students who want an easy way to get information about a large number of colleges in the

United States can visit a website like . It brings together virtual campus tours

and interactive maps of more than twelve hundred colleges and universities. The site plans to add

an international database for schools in other countries.

CampusTours

recently

celebrated

its

fifteenth

anniversary.

The

president

of

the

company,

Chris Carson, was one of the people who started the site. He says more than one hundred twenty

thousand foreign students use the site each year. They make up more than fifteen percent of the

traffic on the site.

The virtual tours allow students to get a sense of how a college looks. There are also links to

official

websites

and

online

applications.

And

there

are

details

like

price,

number

of

students,

admission requirements and sports programs.

But

Chris

Carson

says

students

should

never

depend

on

a

third-party

website

like

CampusTours to choose a college. He advises parents and students to contact a school directly. If

they plan to visit, they should call the school and talk about the visit and where to stay locally. In

fact, he says contacting a school might even lead to a free visit. He says showing real interest in a

school can increase the chances of being admitted.

Chris Carson and several of his friends started CampusTours in nineteen ninety-seven. They

noticed

that

many

websites

with

campus

tours

were

heavy

with

text

and

lacked

much

visual

material.

At

first,

colleges

worried

that

online

tours

would

compete

with

the

tradition

of

a

personal

visit

to

the

campus. But

today

schools

work

with

sites

like

CampusTours or

its

competitors,

or

build their own virtual tours and maps.